“I'm here until the end of June, and my goal is to continue the really good work we've been doing. I will continue with long-range planning so that there will not be a lull. (Stanford) will be fantastic. She'll pick up right where I left off.”

“The object is to standardize the test across the state, and the easiest way for the state to do that is to set guidelines for what kids can and can't do. It's as though you had all the fourth-graders in the state in the same room, taking the same test.”